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Train in a tornado

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Created by shear tip > 9 months ago, 18 Jun 2011
shear tip
NSW, 1125 posts
18 Jun 2011 9:30AM
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http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/7769081/124862335/name/Tornado1.wmv

pi22api22a
WA, 150 posts
18 Jun 2011 10:10AM
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Were on a link to nowhere,,,, do do do doooo

byf
WA, 518 posts
18 Jun 2011 10:47AM
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How amazing is that footage. I dont know if that tank is fuel or not but seeing that coming flying up the track would dirty ya jocks somewhat.

Supergus
NSW, 305 posts
18 Jun 2011 12:51PM
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Holly Crap. . . Awesome footage.

Chris6791
WA, 3271 posts
18 Jun 2011 11:19AM
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Great footage but I'm at a loss as to what they was hoping to film before they got blown over. If they were planning on heading into a tornado and filming a derailment surely they could have found a better angle?

Haircut
QLD, 6491 posts
18 Jun 2011 6:06PM
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great clip

i'm at a loss where else they could put a camera?

and still expect to find it where they left it?

CJW
NSW, 1731 posts
18 Jun 2011 8:39PM
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That will buff right out

landyacht
WA, 5921 posts
18 Jun 2011 10:10PM
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thanks for that , post of the month

GalahOnTheBay
NSW, 4188 posts
19 Jun 2011 11:38AM
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Great footage - thanks for sharing.

I'm amazed how quickly it went from nice calm serene no wind weather to nuking downpour.

That camera angle might be like a reversing camera when hooking up the train. But as we can see it also doubles as a "where is my train" cam...

saltiest1
NSW, 2575 posts
19 Jun 2011 6:10PM
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id better stick to one 5o cent coin on the track next time

SomeOtherGuy
NSW, 807 posts
19 Jun 2011 6:44PM
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GalahOnTheBay said...

I'm amazed how quickly it went from nice calm serene no wind weather to nuking downpour.


... to nuking downpour to getting blown clear off the track! Never occurred to me that the rest of the train would still be back there rolling along until it all came looming up in the camera.

GalahOnTheBay
NSW, 4188 posts
19 Jun 2011 7:14PM
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^^^ oh yeah that bit...

I would assume the carriages had to be empty to get blown around like that, but who knows.

The back end of the train did seem to have some momentum though, so maybe that part was not so empty!

bjw
QLD, 3691 posts
20 Jun 2011 11:46AM
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Why would they film a Train like that?

Im a bit suss about that one. Also the trees don't seem to be doing as much as youd expect in that sort of wind.

Yours Sincerely

Skeptic

shear tip
NSW, 1125 posts
20 Jun 2011 11:58AM
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This is some more info from where I found the link:


This video came from a fellow who works for the RR as a train dispatcher.

Every once in a while he sends a cool video involving trains. This is one of them.

Trains nowadays mount cameras in their cabs, facing forward and backward, the same way police cars do.

This video is a rearview camera. This is video of a train that ran through a tornado.

First there is the normal rear view from the last of three engines, with the trees looking normal.

Then you begin to see rain, and then, halfway through the video the trees begin to sway violently . . . and then the "fun" begins.





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